Guo Song groaned and said: "The checkpoints that Lord Shi said, I myself have a deep experience, many checkpoints set up to prevent spies, and many tax cards, in fact, they are all for personal gain, I have ordered to cancel the checkpoints and tax cards in various places, and the city gates in various places are no longer allowed to check merchants, if you find that there are still checkpoints in a certain place under my rule, and there are soldiers extortion, you can report it, I will definitely investigate and punish it severely!" ”

Guo Song's statement won the warm applause of all the businessmen present, the checkpoint check has always been the most feared obstacle for the merchants, but it is also a stubborn disease, the rulers of the past dynasties want to manage, but it has never been good, involving the interests of too many people, although the businessmen do not expect the king of Jin to eliminate the check, but at least the pragmatic and pro-business attitude of the king of Jin makes everyone very happy.

With Shi Donglai's bricks and stones, everyone was enthusiastic, you put forward your own suggestions word by word, and some hoped to completely abolish the restrictions on merchants, such as merchants are not allowed to ride in carriages, for example, businessmen's children are not allowed to study Taixue, and there is also a fat businessman who proposed that he should study in the Kaiyuan period and allow businessmen to be officials.

Looking at Zhang Lei's eager gaze, Guo Song said with a smile: "All kinds of restrictions on businessmen will definitely be gradually lifted, just like Hebei Domain, the status of businessmen is very high, and there are not many people who oppose it, as for businessmen to be officials, this is no problem, but first you have to be admitted to the imperial examination, we were still shouting equality just now, and now we want to be privileged again, that is not good, it must be fair and just, you are admitted to the imperial examination, I promise to arrange you to be a county official." ”

Everyone laughed, and Guo Song also laughed: "If you really can't be an official, you can also consider honors and titles!" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, can a merchant be knighted?" Someone asked in surprise.

Countless pairs of eyes looked at Guo Song, no one is rare about the lords, rotten things on the street, but the title has always been tightly controlled, not to mention businessmen, even ordinary officials basically don't think about it.

Guo Song said lightly: "First of all, I want to correct a concept, I have abolished the cheap status in Taiyuan, and in the future, the craftsman registration, business registration, military registration, music registration, prostitution registration, etc., will all be abolished, and they will all be civilians in the future, and you should not emphasize your business identity in the future, a businessman is just a profession, not an identity." ”

Everyone was silent, all savoring the meaning of Guo Song's words, Guo Song continued: "As for the title that everyone cares about, I tell you like this, the title is as difficult to get as before, but as long as you are willing to work hard, you still have the opportunity to get it, one is to run a school, and the other is to take care of the orphaned and the elderly. ”

There was a whisper in the hall, these two good deeds have actually been encouraged by the imperial court, but they are given to the honorable officer, and now His Royal Highness the King of Jin has changed to a knighthood, but everyone also knows that it will not be easy to get a knighthood, His Royal Highness said that he wants to make achievements, and it is by no means called 'making achievements' by running two schools casually.

At this time, Shi Donglai said a few words to his son, and Shi Yan hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Your Highness, I still have an idea." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Shi Gongzi, please speak!" ”

"Since yesterday, the imperial court has exchanged old money, in fact, the circulation of copper money in the market is really insufficient, the money is relatively small, we have a lot of old money in our hands, if Your Highness is interested, we can lend it."

Guo Song waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and he said to everyone: "An important reason why I came to you today is that there are a number of valuables in the hands of the government, all of which are from the private collection of the former emperor, including jewelry and jade, precious wood furniture, silk and satin, etc., which are rare and precious things in the market. ”

At this time, more than a dozen soldiers moved out a white jade screen with a rosewood base and a shelf, all kinds of carvings were extremely exquisite, four white jade fans, up to one zhang wide and seven feet high, all of which were masterpieces of court painters.

Guo Song pointed to the white jade screen and said: "For example, this red sandalwood and white jade screen may not even be in the palace of the emperor's relatives.

Each piece can be passed on to the descendants, I know that you have money in your hands, and I also hope to have some heirlooms, and the government needs old money, so these valuables will be sold publicly, and everyone will go to the gate of the Jin Palace early tomorrow morning, and then they will move out one by one, and the buyer will get a proof of purchase......."

The excited whispering sound in the hall sounded, which of these big businessmen is not full of money, but there is money to enjoy, but some things can not be bought casually, such as red sandalwood and white jade screens, that is not a businessman can have, that represents an identity, can afford not to buy, now it is actually sold publicly, and can also give proof of purchase, which can be legally owned.

Even Shi Donglai's eyes flashed with surprise, he had long wanted to have a white jade rosewood screen, legend has it that it was an item in the Son of Heaven's imperial study, no matter how much it cost, he had to take it, he whispered a few words to his eldest son, and Shi Yan nodded again and again.

At this time, Guo Song said: "There is one last thing today, which is very important, please be quiet!" ”

The main hall immediately quieted down, Guo Song said: "Presumably many people have heard that the government wants to rebuild Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty, and then on the Guanghuamen Street in the north, that is, the road connecting the Guanghua Gate of Chang'an and the Xi'an Gate of the old city, the road will be closed by building a city wall on both sides of the road, and then thousands of shops will be built on both sides of the road, which will become the third market of Chang'an.

The shop is only rented and not sold, if you are interested in renting a few shops, you can go to the West City Bureau to register, if you are not optimistic about the business here, then ignore it, there is a lot of content today, you can think about it after you go back. ”

..........

After sending the merchant away, Du You smiled at Guo Song and said, "Do you really want to take those things out and sell them?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "No way, we have to build an official rental house at the root of the city wall, we want to build a city wall on the street outside Guanghuamen, and the buildings in the old city will also be demolished and rebuilt. ”

"But we can mint money!"

Guo Song nodded, "We have a large number of copper ware, and there are tens of millions of copper ingots in the Taiyuan warehouse, which can indeed mint money, but the problem is that it is too late, and it takes all kinds of preparations to mint money, and it will take at least June or July to start, and by the end of the year, we can only mint up to 200,000 yuan, but I started construction this month, so raising money has become a top priority." ”

"The lowly job understands, and the lowly job will do its best tomorrow."

Tomorrow to sell all kinds of items, Guo Song handed it over to Du You, he saw that Du You was a little worried, so he smiled and said: "I'll teach you a way, divide it into four districts on the square of the Jin Palace, sell jewelry, jade and jade, precious wood, and fine ceramics respectively, and then take them out one by one and sell them, and the one with the highest price will get it." ”

'The highest bidder wins!' ’

Du You whispered it a few times, and his eyes suddenly lit up, this is really a good way, something that is 300,000 guan may be sold for 500,000 guan.

"Just shoot the businessmen are not adapted!"

"Don't underestimate them, they'll get used to it in the shortest possible time."

..........

The next morning, four large platforms were erected on the square in front of the palace of the Jin Dynasty, each of which was filled with various items, covered with red silk cloth, and erected signs, 'Jewelry, Jade, Wood, Skins, Ceramics, and Priceless'.

The priceless area sells heavy objects, including some large jade and famous porcelain from official kilns, and the price is difficult to measure, at least above 10,000 guan, with a total of 25 pieces.

Under each table was full of merchants, who had arrived early, and the master of ceremonies was announcing the rules to them: the treasures in the priceless area could be quoted separately, and the highest price would be obtained, and then the other items would be clearly marked and could be purchased according to their own interests.

The most eye-catching thing today is that there are thousands of pieces of jade in the jade area, as well as hundreds of official kiln boutiques in the ceramic area, and jewelry is not very interesting to others, and jewelry merchants can have them, and most of them have precious jewelry in their homes.

Beneath the priceless area stood the great merchants, their eyes eagerly gazing at the twenty-five treasures on the wooden platform, all covered with red silk cloth.

At this time, the jade master of ceremonies unveiled the first piece of red silk cloth, which was a five-foot-high white jade Guanyin statue, which was a statue of Guanyin in a willow net bottle, the treasure was solemn, lifelike, the jade was warm and delicate, and the fat was white and flawless, which immediately caused an exclamation, this is something used by the emperor, and it is by no means something that ordinary people can have.

The master of ceremonies said: "The first priceless treasure, the white jade Guanyin statue enshrined by the Empress Dowager Shengshun, has a minimum of 10,000 yuan, and those who want it will add money." ”

"I'll give 30,000!" Liu Jian, the proprietor of Taibai Restaurant, raised his hand and shouted.

"I'm out of 40,000!" Rice merchant Wang Huanzhi shouted.

"I'll give 50,000!" This is the bid of Han Zhiguo, the largest oil merchant in Chang'an.

"I'll give 100,000!" The offer was made by Li An, his eighty-year-old mother believed in Guanyin Bodhisattva the most, and he wanted to ask for a white jade Bodhisattva to his mother today.

The surroundings were suddenly silent, no one added this price, just kidding, 100,000 yuan!

The master of ceremonies smiled: "Congratulations to proprietor Li for winning the first jade." ”

Is it expensive? 100,000 yuan is unimaginable for ordinary people, but for the big businessman Li An, it is only his annual income.

At this time, a piece of red cloth was uncovered, which was the red sandalwood and white jade screen displayed yesterday, the spare screen in Li Shiyu's study.

Shi Eun stepped forward and whispered a few words to the emcee, and the emcee smiled and said: "The proprietor Shi has already bid 200,000 yuan for this screen, and those who are interested can make another offer." ”

There was no one down there to say anything, and the purple sandalwood and white jade screen of the Son of Heaven's imperial study was instantly killed by Shi Donglai at a high price of 200,000 yuan.